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Research notes.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: In any field, notes made in the course of creative, scholarly, or scientific inquiry.

Found in 551 Collections and/or Records:

Typescripts of 'Sunday', 'Tell Me Who to Kill', 'Trip Trap', 'Well Shot', and untitled Rebus short stories of Ian Rankin., 1992-2003, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.50452
Scope and Contents 'Sunday: A John Rebus Story by Ian Rankin'. Folios 1-12. Typescript, circa 1992. 'Tell Me Who to Kill’. Folios 13-47. Typescript, circa 2003, revised draft. Folios 13-22. Annotated typescript, circa 2003, revised draft, with author’s annotations. Folios 23-44. Annotated partial typescript, circa 2003, with author's annotations. Folios 45-47. ...
Dates: 1992-2003, undated.

Typescripts of 'The Acid Test', 'Atonement', 'Auld Lang Syne', Cafferty's Day', and 'Castle Dangerous', Rebus short stories by Ian Rankin; with related working notes., 1993-2016.

 File
Identifier: MS.50449
Scope and Contents 'The Acid Test: A short story by Ian Rankin'. Folios 1-7. Typescript, 1998. ‘Atonement: An Inspector Rebus story By Ian Rankin'. Folios 8-54. Annotated typescripts, 2005, revised drafts, with author’s annotations; with related working notes. 'Auld Lang Syne: A John Rebus Story by Ian Rankin'. Folios 55-67. Typescript, circa 1992. 'Cafferty's...
Dates: 1993-2016.

Typescripts of 'The Falls' by Ian Rankin; with related working papers and promotional materials., Circa 1999-2003.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.50331-50335
Scope and Contents Cover proofs and dust jacket proofs for novel ‘The Falls’, UK and US editions. OrionFolios 1-7.Cover proof of BBC Radio 4 dramatization of Ian Rankin's novel 'The Falls'.Folios 8-9.Advertisements for ‘The Falls’ on the cover of The Bookseller magazine (2 copies and a print-out of the cover) and inside St Martin's Paperback catalogue.Folios 10-77.Franking machine labels.Folios 78-80.Listing for BBC...
Dates: Circa 1999-2003.

Typescripts of the introductions written by Ian Rankin for his own works and the works of others; with related working notes., 2003-2017.

 File
Identifier: MS.50524
Scope and Contents This series contains typescripts of, and associated working papers for, introductions written by Ian Rankin. The working papers include development and editorial notes. Administrative papers and correspondence relating to some of the works are also included.The introductions are arranged in three sequences based on the work being introduced: ‘Introductions by Ian Rankin to his own works’, ‘Introductions by Ian Rankin to literary works of others’, and ‘Introductions by Ian Rankin...
Dates: 2003-2017.

Typescripts of the unfinished novel 'Sabbath Child' by Ian Rankin; with related working papers., 1991.

 File
Identifier: MS.50437
Scope and Contents

Includes first drafts of Chapters One and Two (Folios 1-13) followed by notes (Folios 14-25).

Includes press cutting about child criminals taken by Rankin as research (Folios 26-27).

Includes correspondence to Rankin from Professor Francis Lyall of the University of Aberdeen Faculty of Law on laws regarding child criminals for research (Folio 28).

'Sabbath Child' was not completed nor published.

Folios 1-28.

Dates: 1991.

Typescripts of 'Tooth and Nail' by Ian Rankin; with related working papers and a cover proof., 1990-1991, undated.

 File
Identifier: MSS.50400-50402
Scope and Contents Notes of Ian Rankin relating to the development of the plot and characters for ‘Tooth and Nail’. The notes include references to specific drafts, including first and final drafts. The distinction between notes relating to specific drafts is not always clear. Some notes have been revisited and subsequently annotated by Rankin as his development of the novel progressed. Included are editorial notes relating to plot and character revisions and additional plot development...
Dates: 1990-1991, undated.

Various physiological and scientific papers by J S Haldane and others., 1932-1936, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.20516
Scope and Contents

A number of papers found loosely enclosed in MSS.20519, 20522, 20527 and 20529 have been transferred to folios 136, 149, 150 and 162, and a number of philosophical papers have been placed at folios 164-229.

Dates: 1932-1936, undated.

William Gallacher Memorial Library Archive Special Collections., 1920s-2017.

 Sub-Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections
Scope and Contents The WGMLA Special Collections comprise over 60 collections relating to notable individuals, organisations, and themes in the Scottish labour, trade union, and suffrage movements. In a number of cases, collections do not contain the personal papers of the named individuals or organisations but rather comprise of primary or secondary materials collected by WGML librarian Audrey Canning, or third parties, relating to that individual or organisation and collated for public research purposes....
Dates: 1920s-2017.